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DATE:

March TO : Director, Federal Bureau

of Investigation

SAVE= GUATEMALA LUMBER & MINERAL CORPORATION

INTERNAL SECURITY - GUATEMALA - CUBA

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Information which you have furnished concerning the

investigation being conducted by New Orleans District Attorney

James C. Garrison in connection with the assassination of

President Kennedy indicates that Garrison has shown an interest

in a Cuban refugee training% p near New Orleans which was •

operated by Richard Rudol a s in the summer of 1963. ,r A Garrison repor e eve that some of the individuals I'

'affiliated with the camp were involved in the assassination

of President Kennedy and that'Iee Harvey Oswald was at the camp.

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corporation, the Guatemala Lumber and Mineral Corporation, and c%

served as its Vice-President. Davis said that in the summer

of 1963 some 19 men were recruited from Miami through a repre-

sentative of the Movimiento Democratica Cristiano for the purpose

of being trained in this lumber cutting operation. He added that

when the men learned they were to work in a lumber industty and were not recrui ed for a military operation they became dis

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We note that your investigation of the assaisinatiqp•

disclosed no information indicating that Oswald had'any dohtact rl

with Davis or the anti-Castro organization which Davis repre-

sented in New Orleans, the Movimiento Democratica Cristiano,

and that data an alleged training camp, including a

resort of an October 1,_).9 nterview_with Davis, was dissem nate ia to the rriii-Commissioh. During tfiii-ihtei-view, Davi advised that in early 1963 he made friends with persons• in

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lumber business in Guatemala with whom he formed a Louisiana

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Davis gave a somewhat different account f the origins

of the training camp during a subsequent inte ew on July 14,

1967, set forth in a Bureau memorandum dated J ly 171_1,967._at

Houston, Texas, captioned" liAasasstiiatrEd-6f-Joherritzgeield

iiiirTiNly171M5Vember 22, 1963, Miscellaneous - Information Con-

cerning." He stated that he set up'a training site'for exiled

Cubans on the DeLaBarre Estate, Lacombe, Louisiana with the

assistance of John Birch Society members and occasionally

afforded prominent and wealthy John Birch Society members a

demonstration "of the training activities" after which he would

receive a financial contribution for "the training program." Davis also stated during this interview that he met Lee Harvey

Oswald on two occasions during 1963, once while Oswald was

passing out literature on the street and another time at Oswald's

apartment during which he attempted, without success, to obtain information about Oswald's pro-Cuban activities. Davis claimed

that he has refused to discuss his activities with Garrison's

investigators, but admitted that in approximately March 1967 he was paid $500 by Time-Life to show reporters the training,

site and that 190 photographs were taken for an article on the

Garrison_probe. 17 -Let - is4/

We are aware rom earlier information which you have

furnished concern Davis that he has been variously described

as "a PrMalr-and-A-Mastler" who "will do anything for money

and is often carried away with his own thinking"; howeven,4.11

view of his somewhat conflicting statements about the origins

of his training camp, we would au, eciate receiving any,a4ditional

Lumber an informatlyou may_haVg-in your files copcerning_the Gdateiiii

neral Corporationj,wf,itp other officers with whom

DAV3g-61dIMea .to:lie.assoCia.ted. In this connection, attached

isaa6Py of'tne Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation

which we obtained from the office of the Secretary of State of

Louisiana. The officers. listed on'page six are substantially

the same as those mentioned by Davis in his October 1, 1963 interview with the Bureau and are as follows:

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Joseph Milla, Pfe-sidia tc.:birector 3305 Palmyra.Street-New Orleans, Louisiana_

Rudolph Richar:visi Jr., Vice-President & Director .2001 .2661biriii$freei • New Orleans, Loulifina,

Gus J LaBarre, Vree-presidefit & Director_ 710Pere Marquette Building New Orleans 12, Louisiana .

F. D. Vim'{de La Barre, gn'retary7Treasurer & Director. 71b Pere Marquette BuIlding New Orleans 12, Louisiana

With regard to Joseph R. Milla, departmental files

contain a Bureau report of Special Agent Warren C. de Brtlegs

date March 16, 1952 at New Orleans captioned, "Unsub, Nicaraguan e, Unsub, aka J -Milla, Jr., Export Manager, Apson Enterprises,

Dr. Albert Aparicio, Internal Security - Nicaragua, Registration

Act - Nicaragua", which reflects that on February 29, 1960 one J. Milla, Jr., who described himself as export manager of the

Apson Enterprises, P. O. Box 187, New Orleans, requested price

quotations on a large quantity of various war surplus goods from

Roland's, Inc. in New Orleans. Information from Immigration 4p

and Naturalization Service file of one Jose Robe iMilla, Alien

Registration No. 6014222, born February 4,-1910 Guatemala CitYA Guatemala, is also set forth,in this report, but it was not def-

lifireirestablished that he was identical with the individual who

had requested the price quotations.

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DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the annexed and following fir a True and

Coirect .copy of the Articles of Incorporation of

GUATEMALA LUMBER á MINERAL CORPORATION,

A Louisiana corporation domiciled at New Orlunns,

As shown by comparison With document filed and recorded in this

Office on July 18, 1963,

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Recorder of Mortgages for the Parish of Orleans

OFFICE

Poydras and Loyola Streets

NEW ORLEANS, LA July 15, 141 63

I, the undersigned Recorder of Mortgages, in ar.d for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, do

hereby certifyr_that the above_ind foregoing Act of Incorporation of the

GUATESSALA LI721.3ER & Y.IMAL COr.ORATION

was this day duly recorded in my office in Book No 2031 Fo'io

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• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

• STATE OF LOUISLA.NA .

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?.A.RISH OF ORLEANS

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION # BE IT KNOWN that on this 20th

s.4 day of July in the year

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of Our Lord One Thousand,

• Nine Hundred and iti:::y-threo

• and of the Independence of the

GI-71,T-2'-'.1-f..L.A. LUMBER & . * United States of America, the

CORPORATION

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One Hundred and ei:;:sty-eieath. *.

BEFORE ME,

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a Notary Public in and for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, therein

residing, duly appointed, commissioned, and qualified, '"

PERSONALLY CAME AND APPEARED:

the several subscribers hereto, all of the full age of majority and residents

of the State of Louisiana in the Parishes shown after the name of each, who

declared unto me, Notary, in the presence of the undersigned competent

witnesses, that, availing themselves of the provisions of Act 250 of 1928 of

the Legislature of Louisiana, approved on the 18th day of July, 1928, as

amended, and/or Revised Statutes of 1950, Title 12, Section 1, et sag, as

now or hereafter amended, they do hereby organize themselves, their

successors and assigns, into a corporation in pursuance of the provisions

of said Act and Statutes, under and in accordance with the following articles

of incorporation, to wit:

ARTICLE I

The name of this corporation is:

GUATE.M.AL.A. COLPOItA72.01":

ARTICLE II

The period of duration of this corporation is ninety-nine (99) years from the

date hereof:

ARTICLE III

The objects and purposes for which this corporation is organized and the

nature of the business to be carried on by it are stated and declared to be

as follows, to wit:

• (1) To iu a invcct.'n'ent:. lt...zbar and minera...15.

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(2) To make loans of money at or below the conventional interest

rate and to extend credit to persons, firms or corporations, or otherwise,

and in connection therewith to accept and receive any security or collateral

it deems necessary to secure the repayment of moneys loaned or any.exten-

sions of credit made; to buy, sell, exchange and generally deal in real,

personal or mixed property.

(3) To acquire, hold, purchase, own, pledge or discount notes,

evidences of indebtedness, customers obligations, lien's, collateral or other

security furnished by borrowers.

(4) To acquire, hold, buy, deal in, pledge, discount or rediscount',

negotiable or non-negotiable notes and other commercial paper whether they

are secured by chattel mortgages, conditional sales contracts or other liens

on personal property and in general to purchase at discount or otherwise,

note, vriortgages, assignments or other instruments and securities.

(5) To purchase, sell; pledge and otherwise deal in bonds, deben-

tures, stock, notes, accounts, mortgages and securities of all types and

in any property or assets, issued or created by any persons, firms, asso-

ciations, corporations, syndicates, or by any governments or subdivisions

thereof; and to possess and exercise in respect thereof any and all the

rights, powers and privileges of individual holders.

(6) To manufacture, purchase or otherwise acquire, own, mort-

gage, pledge, sell, assign and•transfer, or otherwise dispose of, to invest,

trec:e, deal in and deal with, goods., wares and merchandise and personal

property of every class and description.

(7) To acquire, and pay for in cash, stock or bonds of this corpora-

tion, or otherwise, the good will, rights, assets and property, and to

untiertake or assume the whole or any part of the obligations or liabilities

of any persons, firm, association or corporation.

(8) To acquire, hold, use.' ser., assign, lease, grant licenses in •

respect of, mortgage, or otherwise. dispose of letters patent of the United

Sto,es or any foreign country, patent rights, licenses and privileges, in-

ventions, improvements and processes, copy-rights, trade-marks and

Trade names, relating to or useful in connection with any business of this 4 h

corporation.•

(9) To carry on any of the buionesses herein enumerated as prin-

cipal factor, agent, commission n-,erchata or broker.

(10) Toloorrow money, and t.o issue, sell, pledge or otherwise dis-

pose of the bonds, debentures, prcrnislory notes, bills of exchange and

other .obligations and evidences of ,ndebtedness of the corporation, from

time to time, for any of the oli:ects o- purposes of the corporation, and -

to .;:,cure ,he same by mortgage, p, edge, or any other hypothecation of

iLiq kind of property of the corpora-ion.

(11) To guarantee dividends on 'h shares of the capital stock. of

ii•o; corpo-ration in which this corpc, at..or any ,ime may have an interest

.itockhoider, and to endorse or c,;eitt ,,.ise. guarantee the principal and/or

rest of the notes, bonds, deten,.el es. other evidences of indebted-

ncr s created or to be created by i.orporation.

(12) To conduct a.ndc.arn, 4 • of their various branches a

gce oral real estate, rental, loan, c nin:-:::.330:%, brokerage and inVestment

bes.ness and the doing of any art, or acts, thing or things,

necnssary or incident to, growir; iPr connected with the usual

conduct of said business, or any p.,1 c. pugs thereof.

(13) In general, to transar.. or : en all kinds of Agency or

brokerage business and in partacu., - ::;.-aor to the investment of money,

the issuanc.e and placing of secti71,:.,=. -r..• sale of property and the collection

and receipt money.

(14) TO act as agent or broker :or insurance companies in solicit-

ing, procuring, receiving and accepting applications for any and all kinds

of insurance; to make, place, procure, arrange and sell any policies of

insurance; to execute insurance agency contracts and other insurance

agreements; to collect, charge, receive and collect premiums and receive

and retain insurance commissions; to do such other business as may be

delegates to agents by such companies and to conduct a,,gerieral insurance

agency or brokerage business. is

(15) To acquire, hold, buy, sell, exchange, pledge, deal in, lease

or improve real estate, and the fixtures ar.d personal property incidental

thereto or connected therewith, either as principal or agent, and with that

end in view to acquire by purchase, lease, hire, or otherwise, lands,

tenements, hereditarnents or any interest therein, and to improve the same,

and generally, to hold, manage, deal with and improve the property of the

compaily, and to sell, 'lease, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of the

lands, tenements and hereditar}•ierts or other property of the• company, to

construct, erect, equip, repair and improve houses, buildings, public or

private toads, reservoirs, irrigation ditches, wharves, sewers, tunnels,

and to make, enter into, perform and carry out contracts relative thereto

whether for private or public works; and to carry on in all their respective

branches the business of builders, contractors, decorators, dealers in

stone, brick, timber, hardware and other building materials or supplies.

(16) To have one or more offices, to carry on all or any of its

operations and business and without restriction or limit as to amount to

purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, convey, or

otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and des-

cription in any of the States, Districts, Territories or Colonies of the

United States, and in any and all foreign countries, subject to the laws of

such State, District, Territory, Colony or Country.

(17) To engage in foreign as well as domestic commerce, of any and

all kinds; to negotiate and enter into contracts and agreements with foreign

or local individuals or companies relative to the manufacture and/or dis-

tribution of machinery or products.

(18) To carry out and do work in all phases of the mining and

mineral operations, and rnoze particularly, but not limited to the following:

exploring, searching for, drilling, producing, buying, selling and

pledging oil, gas and other minerals, and all things that may be incident

thereto or connected therewith; to buy and sell and to otherwise deal and

trade in oil, gas and mineral leases, rights and royalties both for said

corporation and for others on commission or otherwise; and•generally to

conduct the business of exploring and searching for oil, gas and other

minerals and a general drilling contract business and any and all things

that may be incident thereto or germaine or connected therewith.

(19) To enter into, make, perform, and carry out contracts of

every sort and kind, which may be necessary or convenient for the busi-

$ r.ess of this corporation, or business of a similar nature, with any person,

firm, corporation, private, public or municipal body politic under the

government of the United States, or any State, Territory or Colony thereof,

or any foreign government, and pei-lormed by corporations organized

under the Laws of the State of Louisiana.

The foregoing clauses shall be construed both as objects 'and powers,

and it is hereby expressly provided that tae foregoing enumeration of

specific powers and objects shall not be 1.:eld to restrict or limit in'any

manner the general powers or objects of this corporation. In general, to

carry on any other business in connection with or related or incidental to

the foregoing, permitted by law; to have and exercise all of the powers

conferred by present or future laws of Louisiana upon corporations formed

for any or all of the purposes aforesaid, and to do any or all of the things

herein set forth to the same eaten: as natural persons might or could do.

In order to accomplish the aforesaid objects and purposes, the corpor-

ation shall have authority to perform all such acts as are necessary or

proper which are not repugnant to law, and, without limiting or enlarging

this grant of authority, it is hereby specIfically provided that this corpora-

tion shall have authority:

(a) To have a corporate seal and to alter the same at. pleasure, but

failure to affix a seal shall not affect the validity Of any instrument;

(b) To continue as a. corporation for the time limited in its articles of

incorporation;

(c) To contract, sue, and be sued in its corporate name;

(d) To acquire in any legal manner and to hold, sell, dispose of, lease,

_pledge, mortgage, or otherwise alienate or encumber any property,

nThvable or immovable, corporeal or incorporeal, subject to any

litnitation prescribed by law or these articles; . r

(e) To acquire in any legal manner and to hold, sell, distlose of, pledge,

mortgage, or otherwise alienate or encumber the shares, bonds,

debentures and other securities or evidences of indebtedness, or

franchises and rights of any other corporation, domestic or foreign,

subject to the limitations contained in the articles; and in relation

thereto to exercise all the rights, powers and privileges of owner-

ship, including the right to vote on any shares of stock of any other

corporation;

(f) To conduct business in this State and elsewhere as may be permitted

by law;

(4) To appoint such officers and agents as the business of the corpora-

tion may require;

(h) To borrow money and to issue, sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of,

its bonds, debentures, promissory notes, bills of exchange and other

obligations and evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the same by

mortgage, pledge or other hypothecation of any kind of property.

(i) To make by-laws, not inconsistent with the laws of this State or withi j, •

the articles, fixing or changing the number of its directors, for the

management of its business, the regulation and government of its

affairs, and for the certification and transfer of its shares;

(j) To guarantee shares, bonds, contracts, securities and/or evidences

of indebtedness of any other domestic or foreign corporation, in-

cluding interest and/or dividends thereon.

(k) To acquire its own shares of stock by purchase or otherwise in the

manner now provided or which may be hereafter provided by the laws

of the State of Louisiana.

ARTICLE IV

All the corporate powers of this corporat3on shall be vested in and exer-

cised by a Board of Directors composed of not less than three nor mo.r..:

than nine natural persons, which Board Directors after the first Board

named in these articles, shall be electec: annually at a general meeting of

the shareholders to be held during :Ile rncrith of October of each year, at

stach time and place as shall be selected by the directors and designated in

the notice of such meeting to be given by the Secretary by mailing such .

notiee to each director five (5) days :n advance of said meeting. All direc-

tors shall be of the same class and they shall hold office and exercise all

the functions of the Board until the next annual meeting of the shareholders

.nd/or until their successors are duly elected and qualified as hereinabove

?rovided. The failure to elect directors shall not dissolve the corporation,

out the directors in office at the time of such failure to elect shall hold

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their respective offices until the election shall be held after fifteen (15)

days' notice is served on each shareholder of record entitled to vote by

depositing said notice in the United States mail, postage prepaid. Any

director absent from the meeting may be represented by any other direc-

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or shareholder, who may cast the vote of the absent director according

to the written instructions, general or special, of said absent director. A

director need not be a stockholder. A majority of the Board of Directors

shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and each director

::hall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy, as .aforementioned.

The Board may, without the necessity of submitting its actions to the share-

holders, sell or exchange any or all of the property of the corporation,

borrow money, execute bonds, notes and/or obligations therefor and secure

the same by mortgage, pledge and hypothecation of the property of the cor-

poration to any individual or to another corporation, or r.norge or consolidate

this corporation with any such corporation; may fix the pirice and considera-

tion of such sale, exchange, Merger or consolidation and take and receive

in exchange for the assets of this corporation, the stock or other securities

of such purchasing, merging or consolidation corporation.

Subject to the rights of the shareholders at any time to change same, the

Board of Directors may adopt and from time to time repeal, amend and

supplement by-laws containing any provision with respect to the government

of the corporation and the powers of the directors and shareholders not

prohibited by law and not inconsistent with these articles, and may appoint

an Executive Committee and such other committees of the Board of Direc-

tors and define their respective powers and duties.

In the event of a vacancy occurring for any cause in the said Board of

Directors, the vacancy shall be filled by election at a meeting of the stock-

holders entitled to vote at a meeting called for that purpose.

ARTICLE V

There shall be four (4) officers of this corporation, viz: President, Vice-

President, Secretary, and Treasurer, and such additional officers and

agents as shall be from time to time named in the by-laws or by she Board

of Directors.- The office of Secretary and Treasurer and/or Vice-Presi-

dent and Treasurer may be combined and filled by the same .person. The

officers shall hold office until their successors have been elected and

qualified.

The election of officers shall be at a special meeting of the Board of

Directors called for that purpose after the new Board of Directors is

selected in October of each year ac set forth hereinabove. All such'

officers and agents appointed and elected shall be subject to the orders

of and be removable by the authority appointing them.

ARTICLE VI

..:11 meetings of the shareholders, whether to elect a Board of Directors

for other purposes, each shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for

share of voting stock stand:: ;a hla name on the books of the corpor-

.c.. to be cast by him in person or Lj :lie written proxy. A majority of

t.,t voting stock shall constitute a quoru:.:: for the transaction of business;

an1 a majority of the votes cast shall s-:*.r.ice to prevail. Failure to elect

l'.oard on the date specified.or at an:, 4:,:i)c,v.rnment of said meeting shall

no impair the management of the on, and the Board then in office

s is continue to function until its st.c.cossor is elected and qualified.

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director may be removed at any time by the action of the holders of a

r.•.-jority of the voting stock taken at special or regular stockholders meet- .

Notice of meetings of shareholders for any purpose shall be in

writing, postav: ?repaid and addressed to each voting shareholder at his

address of record, not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the day named

for such meeting, the shares present or represented by written proxy, and

entitled to vote, may be voted vive voce, unless otherwise decided by the

majority vote of the shares present or represented at such meeting.

ARTICLE VII

The location and poSt office address of its registered office is:

714 Pero Marquette Buildias, New Orloane 22, Louisiana

ARTICLE VIII

The full names and post office addresses of its registered agents are:

Zudelph Richard Davis, Jr.

20p1 Canal Street, Now Orleatie, • Louisiana

2'.D.V. do La Barre 710 Pore Marquette Building, Naw Orlezz1.5 12, Louisiana

ARTICLE IX

The names of the first directors and officers and their post office ad-

dresses are as follows:

Joseph W. Mina, President t: Director

3305 Palmyra Street, New Orlear.s, Louisiana

Rudolph Richard Davis, Jr., Vice-Presi..:.er.t & Director

2001 Canal Street, New Orleans, I,ouisierla

Gras J. LaEarre, Vice-President tz Director

710 Pero Marquette Bvoltiing, Now Orleans 12, Louisiana

de La Barre, Secretary-Treasurer & Director

710 ?Ire Marquette Building, Now Orleans 12, Loolsissa

ARTICLE X

The stock of this corporation is to be divided into two classes, to wit:

(a) Class A common voting stock of which there shall 11c: r.-.

authorized number of shares tote.7.irr-7-.-."

(b) Class B common non-vonr.:7 5 - •

an authorized number

Class A stock shall have a par value of One Dollar ($1.00) for each share,

shall have sole voting rights and er.all be common stock. Each share of

Class A stock issued shall have a vetiag power of one (1) vote at all

general or special elections or mee:iLgs of the stockholders, which said

vote may be cast by the stockholder is ;Ittr on or by a proxy, and the

proxi need not be a stockholder or car .:ration. This Class A stock

may be issued for cash or for service: rer.:.ared to the corporation 6r

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property transfer:4-c: tc. the corporation, or the corporation may declare a stock dividend, all as now is or may I:urea:ter be provided by law.

Class B stock shall have a par of One Dollar (51.00) for each share,

shall not have any voting rights and shall be common stock. None of the shares of this Class B non-voting stock shall have any voting rights whatso-ever at any general or special e;ections or meetings of,the stockholders. The stock so issued as Crass B shall have indicated on'the face of the stock certificates that said stock is One Dollar ;5-.00) par value per share, is Class B, and is nor.-voting common stock. This Class B stock may be issued for cash or for services rendered the corporation or property transferred to the corporation or the cor::..-,rati on may declare a stock dividend, all as now is or may he: c.after he provided by law.

No stockholder shall.he•entitled to preemptive rights to purchase, ,sub-scribe for, or receive additional shares of any class of stockrof the corpor-ation, or any bonds, debentures or other securities convertible into stock, whether; now or hereafter authorized, but such additional shares of stock and securities may be issued or disposed of by the board of directors to . such persons and on such terms as in its discretion it may deem advisable.

.Dividends may be declared and paid on me Class A Common Stock and on the Class B Common. Stock from time to time and in such amount as may be fixed by the board of directors out of any assets available for distribu-tion of dividends, provided that no dividend shall be declared and paid upon either of said classes of stock unless a dividend in the same amount per share is simultaneously declared and paid upon the other of said classes of stock.

ARTICLE XI

The amount of paid in capital with which this corporation shall begin business is One Thousand And No/I00 Dollars ($1, 000. 00) in cash or other property taken at a fair valuation. •

ARTICLE X1I

The corporation may purchase and /or redeem its own shares in the manner and under the conditions provided in Paragraphs 23 and 45, Title 12, Revised Statutes of Louisiana, 1950. Such shares so purchased shall be considered treasury shares, and may be reissued and disposed of as authorized by law, or may be cancelled and the capital stock reduced, as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, determine. The Corpora-tion shall have the benefits of the provisions of Section 63 of Title 12, Revised Statutes of Louisiana, 1950.

ARTICLE Xi:13

If as any time this corporation shoule own wasting assess intended for sale i n the ordinary course of business: or sh..i own property having a limited lift:, it may pay dividends from the net profivo arising from such assets without deduction for appreciation or depletion of assets thereby sustained..

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ARTICLE' XIV

Whenever notice is required by law or by these articles to be given to the -

shareholders and/or to the directors, such notice may be waived by

unanimous consent of the shareholders or of the directors, in the applica- •

ble situation, and such waiver shall be incorporated in.•or attached to the

minutes of the meeting of which notice is waived. SuchNwaivers may be in

.writing or by cable or wire, or made orally at the meeting.

ARTICLE XV

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No transfer of stock shall be binding upon this corporation unless rnade

upon its books, and all certificates of stock shall be signetil. By the President

and the.Secretary or by the Vice-President and the Secreary, or such other

officers as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE XVI

These articles may be amended and/or the capital stock may be increased

or reduced by a vote of the holders of the majority of the voting stock

Issued and outstanding expressed at a meeting duly called for that purpose,

after fifteen (15) days written notice mailed as herein provided, in which

notice shall be stated the general nature of the proposed amendment and/or

the general nature of the proposed changes in the capital structure.

ARTICLE XVII

This corporation may be dissolved by the vote of shareholders holding !,

two-thirds of the capital stock issued and outstanding, at a meeting duly

called for that purpose after fifteen (15) days' written notice mailed as

herein provided, or such dissolution may be had by the written consent of

all of the shareholders of the corporation without the necessity of a meeting

of such shareholders. In case of dissolution by either method above pre-

scribed, the shareholders shall, by a majority vote if the shareholders

entitled to vote, appoint a liquidator or liquidators to conduct the winding

up of the corporation, and may fix the time and the method of such liquid-

ation, the compensation of the liquidator or liquidators and make any

other provisions which may be desirable and approved at said meeting.

ARTICLE XVIII

This corporation is organized under the laws of the State of Louisiana and

especially Title 12 of she Revised Statutes of Louisiana, 1950 and the

subscribers hereto, for themselves and uaid corporation and for its stock-

holders, directors and officers, hereby accept as part of this charter and

as cwnditions of this corporation, the rights, powers, privileges and

immunities granted to corporations and granted to and conferred upon `-:orporations by said laws and sad

Revised Statutes; said acceptance being a full, complete and binding as if -

said rights, powers, privileges anu immunities were set forth at full

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Joseph R. Milla Orleans 5, 000

3:+05 Palmyra 3trce: New Orloar-c, Louisiana

Rd:1-::1Ab -Rieiierd Davis, Jr. 173 114estbrook Drive • New Orleans, .

Gas J. Lc-Barre Rt.2 - Bon 3 Napoleonville, Louisiana

ir.D.V. de La Earre Pitt S:reet

New Orleans, Louisiana. •

5, 000

5,030

5, 003

THUS DONE AND SIGNED in my notarial office in the City pf New Orleans

State of Louisiana on the day, month, and year hereinabove set forth, in

the presence of the undersigned competent witnesses and me, Notary,

after due reading of the whole.

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„RUDOLPH RICHARD DAVIS, JR., DE GATE; C! CHRISTIaGB.gTICY`..A T

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In Reply, Please Refer to

PIM No.

New Orleans, Louisiana Nay 22, 1964

RUDOLPH RICHARD DAVIS, JR., DELEGATE, - •

CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT (CDM)

(MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRATICA CRISTIANO; MDC),

NEW ORLEANS IOUISIANA

Davis ad been previously questioned by the FBI in

nennec on with a training camp that was being von by Cuban

refugees across the Jake from New Orleans some time ago.

Davis alleged that the camp was broken up because the FBI

had found a cache of dynamite on the other side of the lake

from New Orleans which was in the :eneral v

aforementi ne

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN S UNCLASSIFIED

DATE e tr-‘ BY .CA(

Davis,

/ lei was questioned regarding an a eged anti-Castro training

b zip camp across the lake from New lea s. v e dvi6ed that some 19 men had been sent from

Miami, Florida, to New Orleans in response o a request by Davis to send some men who might work for him in a lumber company business with which he was connected in Guatemala. Davis said unfortunately these men when they arrived in Louisiana, for some reason or another, had come to New Orleans with the idea that they were going to be trained for a military operation and'sent to Guatemala• for additional training. He claimed on October 1, 1963, that when he advised these men of the m13,44.sav purpose of their travel to New Orleans they were disappointed and some were angry with him. At that time he advised that the

corporation with which he was connected at that time was

known as the Guatemalanjumber and Mineral Corporation. He said that this was a LoUisiani corporalon thathad-a \

contract with the Guatemalan Government to take mahogany out of Guatemala. He identified the officers- of this

corporation as follows: t

Jose Villa, President (a Guatemalan'; •

) I.

/ Gus de li- Barre, Vice president; .

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Rudolph Richard Davis, Jr., Vice Preiident;

Frank de la rre, Secretary and Attorney fur the

c om an , r ov „e4-E: A

10. •av s mentio.led that during the last daye o u

y,

BI had seized some dynamite and other explosives stored

U in a Lacombe, Louisiana, :.'e6idence which material, according

to the newspaper, was to be used.againot Cuba. He _stated that

this action disturbed these Cuban refugees and was probably

partially responaible for their decision to return to Miami.

It was Davis' story on October 1, 1963, that since these men

had some to the New Orlcans area with the idea of receiving

military training and additional miliL:ary'training in

Guatemala, they ....ere nct willing to proceed to Guatemala

to be employe) in mahogany lumber cutting. For this reason,

their pascage on Greyhound Bus to return to Miami was pad

for by thes-egiatem.41.an,Lumber__anctitineral..Corpona.tion. of New Orleans,_Ipuisiana. Davis in October, 1963

, made the

—efiremerit— that he had no intention of giving those people any military training or in usin . them ano milita

adveture a ainst ba

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FEDERAL ibtiREAU OF INVE 3. IGATION

REPORTING °FMCS

NEW ORLEANS

I DM= or ORIGIN

MIAMI

DATE INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD ""- --

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TITLE OF CASE

r- KOVIMIENTO DEKOCRATA

CRISTIANO

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MWORTMMMOY

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CHARACTER OF CASE

IS -.CUBA;

NEUTRALITY MATTERS- AMir

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Adm:Imistrative intervi*v of R7DCLIgH RISEAR, DAMS, relative to an al/Ag*,1 anti-CAST W- traLnf.ng camp locat4e across the lake from N4, e in a taLy Au3uPt 163 vas slit forth in 1,-A a report of Sl tat;•f 1,:%"2/63 at Y., Orlsana and L) entitled "ANTI-FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIZS1 IS - CUBA" (Bails 109-584) (Miami file - 00 - 105-1742).('

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friend of LAUREANO BATISTA of the MDC in Miami.

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DETAILS:

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Illi bad been quest one p v ously by the FBI in connection with a \training camp that was being run by Cuban refugees across the lake

from New Orleans sometime ago. DAVIS alleged that the camp was

broken up because the FBI had found a cache of dynamite on the

Other side of the lake from New Orle which was in the sacral

vicinit of the aforementione a

DAVIS mentioned

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IS, on October , , was questioned regarding an a aged

D anti-CASTRO training camp across the lake from Naw

advised that some nineteen men had been sent from nisi, Florida, to New Orleans in responss to a

reques by DAVIS to send some men who might work for him in a

lumbar company bwainses with which he was connected in Guatemala:'

DAVIS said unfortunately these men when they arrived in Louisiana,

for some reason or another, had come to New Orleans with the idea

that they were going to be trained for a military operation and

sent to Guatemala for additional training. He claimed on October 1,

1863, that when he advissd these men of the real pxrpose of their travel

to New Orleans, they were disappointed and some were angry with him.

At that time he advised that the corporation with which he was

connected at that time was known as the Guatemalan Lumber and

Mineral Corporation. He said that this was a Louisiana corpora-

tion that had a contract with the Guatemalan GaTifnient to take

mahogany out of Guatemala. He identified the officers of this

corporation as f) lows:

JOSEPH VILLA, President (a Guatemalan);

GUS de11./gRRE, Vice President;

RUDOLPH RICHARD DAVIS, JR., Vice President;

FRANZ de 1 = RRI, Secretary_and Attorney for tbr company.

0Vthat during the as.ays o u y te FBI had seized some

dynamite and other explosives stored in a Lacombe, Louisiana,

residence, which material, according to the newspaper, was to be used against Cuba. He stated that this action disturbed these

Cuban refugees and was probably partially responsible for their

decision to return to Miami. It was DAVIS' story on October 1,

..,. 1963, that since these men had come to the New Orleana area with . , the idea of receiving military training and additional military

training in Guatemala, they were not willing to proceed to

Guatemala to bs employed in mahogany lumber cutting. For this

reason their passage on Gre7hound Bua to ret-irn to Kfaml vita paid

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for by the Guatemalan Lumber and Mineral Corporation of New _Orleans, Lolittilswie. DAVIS in October 1963 made the statement

that he had-ho intatition of giving those people any military timinin or in using them in an minter adven Cuba.

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FD 323

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

New Orleans, Louisiana

July 3, 1964

Title: MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO (MDC)

Character: INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA NEUTRALITY BATTENS

Reference: rt of S ecial A eat at

New r eans a e /3/04..

All sources (except any listed below) whose identities

are concealed in referenced communication have furnished reliable

information in the past.

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conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and

is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be

distributed outside your agency.

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1Wes ANTI-FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES

Office: NEW ORLEANS

Bufile: 109-584

Ogradert INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA OA %moo*

Cuban

re ugees arr ve in e r eans from Miami uring the

latter part of 7/63 for the purpose of attending a training

camp some two hours from New Orleans, after which t were

to be transferred to a training camp in Guatemala. b 7U

these Cuban refugees were disappo n ed )311>

er e r arr va ecause they did not have training

weapons and this group allegedly returned ami shortl

ter their arrival in NeW rleans.

kturouni RICHARD: DAVIS, JR. interviewed

he had requested a number of men from a friend in Miami

for the purpose of employing them at a lumber camp in

Guatemala being operated by a firm in New Orleans with

which DAVIS is associated. DAVIS claimsthese refugees

came to New Orleans with the understanding they were going

to be sent to a military training camp in New Orleans and

in Guatemala and upon learning the truth that they were

to be hired'for the cutting of lumber in Guatemala, they

Were disappointed. DAVIS states all refugees who had come

to New Orleans from Miami returned to Miami within a tWo-

Week period.(4) • ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

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BYE

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,DERAL: BUREAU OF INVESTIGATI

Dot. October 2, 1963

r eantP111111RIFFIln a voluntarily RUDOLPH RICHARD DAVIS JR. New

1

riling to DAV He then related that some e early 3

mace riends with persona in the lumber business in

Guatemala and had formed with them the Guatemalan Lumber

and Mineral Corporation. This is a Louisiana corporation

that has a contract with the Guatemalan Government to

take mahogany out of Guatemala.

Having need Of some men tO Work in Guat • in cutting -lumber for this firm, he had contacted

O• 10/1/63 New Orleans, Louisiana File if NO 105-1095

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by

SAs and Date dictated

10/2/63

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- this lumber company's business in Guatemala0 )

According to DAVIS, some 19 men were sent by L from Miami to New Orleans in.response

to DAVIS s request. Unfortunately these men, for some reason or another,- came to New Orleans with the idea that they were going to be trained in New Orleans-for a military operation and sent to Guatemala for additional training. He claims 'that when he advised of the real purpose of their travel to New Orleans, they were disappoin-ted and some were angry with him. N

DAVIS claims that these people were dressed in khaki military-type clothing and it was necessary to buy them regular clothes. He then explained that his corpora-tion is made up of the following officers: 90

JOSEPH MILIA, President (a Guatemalan);

GUS de LaBarre, Vice President;

RUDOLPH RICHARD DAVIS, JR., Vice President;'

FRANK de LaBarre, Secretary and Attorney for this company.

DAVIS stated that during the last days of July the FBI had seized some dynamite and other explosives stored in a Lacombe, Louisiana residence which material, according to the newspaper, was to be used against Cuba. He stated this action disturbed these Cuban refugees tind0

,

I10 105-1095 _3

Was probably partially responsible for the decision to return to Miami. Since they had come to New Orleans with the idea of receiving military training and additional L. military training in Guatemala, they were not willing to proceed to Guatemala to be employed in mahogany lumber cuttin4. For this reason their passage on Greyhound Bus was paid for by the Guatemalan Lumber and Mineral Corporation, New Orleans, Louisiana. DAVIS states this is the extent of the information he has concerning this matter and he attests he had no intention of giving these people any military training or using them in any military adventure against Cuba.(

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


In Reply, Please Refer so File Na

NO 105-1095

New Orleans, Louisiana October 3, 1963

h.

RE: ANTI-FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA.

. . Reference is made titheieport Of 111111R (A.1

ted and captioned as above, at N 9/C-1 11,111,ftiana.

This document eontains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It .is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your.agenoyj it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.